Jacob Cornelio and Cody Williams both placed as national runners up day two of the 2019 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships. Nine Bulldogs have reached the podium in Brookings, S.D.
The women's 4x400 meter relay school record performance highlighted day one of the 2019 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships. Fourteen Bulldogs competed on Friday (Feb. 28).
Heading into the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships, the Bulldogs rank No. 3 nationally for both men and women. Thirty Concordia athletes are getting set to compete Thursday through Saturday.
The Concordia list of NAIA national qualifiers is 30 strong. The Bulldog track and field program officially announced its qualifying group on Friday (Feb. 22), in conjunction with the NAIA news release.
For their work in leading the women's track and field team to a GPAC indoor title, coaches Matt Beisel and Ed McLaughlin have been honored by the USTFCCCA as NAIA Midwest region award winners.
The current Concordia women's 4x400 meter relay is uniquely special, and not just because it is now the indoor school record holder. Take a closer look at a faith-filled group that is just beginning to reach its full potential.
Matt Beisel (Women's Coach of the Year) and Cody Williams (Men's Field Performance of the Meet) raked in special awards while a group of 49 Bulldogs were officially named All-GPAC honorees for the indoor season.
The pieces fell into place for a women's track and field squad that won its first GPAC indoor title since 2010. Meanwhile, the Bulldog men placed second. Concordia athletes combined for seven GPAC event titles.
It came down to the wire, but junior Jessica Deterding broke the school record in the pentathlon as part of the first day of the GPAC championships. Meanwhile, Cody Williams tops the heptathlon leaderboard.
The Concordia University track and field programs are getting set to host the GPAC indoor championship meet for the first time since 2015. Both Bulldog squads have hopes of making a run at titles.
A returning national champion in the shot put, Samantha Liermann is one of the few holdovers from the past two years that saw Concordia throwers blow all reasonable expectations out of the water. She's back for more.
Stephanie Tietjen (maiden name Beberniss) blazed a trail for female pole vaulters at Concordia. She was utterly dominant in 2003, winning national and GPAC titles in both the indoor and outdoor pole vault.
It would be difficult to find an athlete with a more impressive résumé than senior Zach Lurz. Says Lurz, "I’m sure I’ll look back in five years and think that this was amazing." Lurz has four national titles to his credit.
An ACL tear as a senior in high school helped Allie Brooks realize just how much the pole vault means to her. Now as a sophomore at Concordia, Allie has taken flight and is living up to the Brooks name.
First-year head coach Matt Beisel finds himself in a unique situation in that he takes over programs that have raised a national championship trophy in back-to-back years. Bulldog track and field has created a climate of high expectation.
Three standout Seward High School seniors made it official on Tuesday (Oct. 25). Anna Baack, Mika Brees and Logan Craig will trade Bluejay blue for Bulldog blue next fall.
We take a look back at the incredible career of Kim Wood, a 2016 graduate and pride of Greeley, Nebraska. Wood won 12 GPAC titles on the track.
Several national qualifying members of the 2016 national championship women's outdoor track and field team provided reflections on just what the accomplishment in Gulf Shores meant to them.
Led by its powerful throwing program, Concordia University track and field has won both a men's and women's team national title over the past two seasons. Just how was the NAIA's top throwing program built?
The Concordia women won a track and field national title for the first time ever while the men finished as a national runner up at the 2016 outdoor championships. Individually, Zach Lurz won the shot put title.